ABOUT THE MOVIE:Nike is determined to grab hold of her dream to travel the world by sea, embarking on a life-changing solo sailing adventure. This movie triggers our "Fernweh", the wish to break away from the norm and to pursue our dreams.

A Vlog about one woman’s determination to grab hold of her dream and making it reality, embarking on an open end solo sailing adventure. The weekly videos trigger our "Fernweh", the wish to break away from the norm and to pursue our dreams.

Nike, from Lüneburg (Northern Germany), decides to quit her job and let go of the comforts of home in her early thirties. She reduces her belongings to the essentials, packs her bags and buys an old sailboat in Panama. Even though she has very little sailing experience, she dreams to set sails with her boat that she calls “Karl” - all by herself.

After a challanging start (Season 1), Nike circumnavigated the Western Caribbean on her sailboat Karl (Seaseon 2). After more than three years, she finally fulfills a big goal on her journey: she transits the Panama Canal and enters the Pacific.

The plan: to sail to the Galápagos Islands, the Gambier and the Marquesas. But the problems with Karl don't seem to have come to an end, yet. Her engine comes to a final stop and she decides to take on the big task of repowering her sailboat before continuing her journey.

The third season of Untie The Lines was filmed in 2016 / 2017 and documents the crossing of the Panama Canal and Nike's first adventures in the Pacific Ocean. Check out Season 1 for Nike's early struggels of chasing her dream and Season 2 for the circumnavigation of the Western Caribbean.

A Vlog about one woman’s determination to grab hold of her dream and making it reality, embarking on an open end solo sailing adventure. The weekly videos trigger our "Fernweh", the wish to break away from the norm and to pursue our dreams.

Nike, from Lüneburg (Northern Germany), decides to quit her job and let go of the comforts of home in her early thirties. She reduces her belongings to the essentials, packs her bags and buys an old sailboat in Panama. Even though she has very little sailing experience, she dreams to set sails with her boat that she calls “Karl” - all by herself.

After a challanging start (Season 1), Nike takes us along on a fascinating circumnavigation of the Western Caribbean. Again and again, she has to leave her comfort zone. Throughout the Season 2, you can see her sweat through various hours of refitting her new floating home and sailing some 3.000 nautical miles, forming a beautiful unity between her and her boat “Karl”. At the end of Season 2, Nike will have transformed from a landlubber to a salty sailing woman, who adapted her needs and skills to the rules of the ocean.

The second season of Untie The Lines was filmed in 2015 / 2016 and documents Nike's circumnavigation of the Western Caribbean. Check out Season 1 for the early struggels of chasing her dream and Season 3 for the transit of the Panama Canal and her first Pacific Adventures.

A Vlog about one woman’s determination to grab hold of her dream and making it reality, embarking on an open end solo sailing adventure. The weekly videos trigger our "Fernweh", the wish to break away from the norm and to pursue our dreams.

Nike, from Lüneburg (Northern Germany), decides to quit her job and let go of the comforts of home in her early thirties. She reduces her belongings to the essentials, packs her bags and buys an old sailboat in Panama. Even though she has very little sailing experience, she dreams to set sails with her boat that she calls “Karl” - all by herself.

The casting off is a big challenge: The condition of the boat was a lot worse than expected, the engine fails continuously and the hull is damaged from corrosion. Quickly, two months of planned repairs turn into twelve. Nike is starting to doubt her own abilities and begins to wonder if she made a big mistake in buying such a work-intensive boat. But she does not give up and finally makes her dream come true – she unties the lines.

The first season of Untie The Lines was filmed in 2013 / 2014 and documents Nike's early experiences as a boat owner, a roller coaster ride through tears and utter bliss. Check out Season 2 for Nike's circumnavigation of the Western Caribbean.